St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-24


mistake. The very reverse of
this is true if anything. If anybody
would be benefited by division in the
long run it would be the Democratic
party. The difference between pOliti-
cal parties tO-dOy is more in name than
reality. Every president and member of
congress takes the same oath, to support
the same constitution. The paths were
all surveyed and laid out years ago.
The simple difference between the Dem
and Republicans to-day is in strife to
see which can choose the most popular
issue to go before the people to catch
the offices. That is all there is to it.
The issue in the next campaign will be
how to
LIGHTEN THE BURDENS
of the people most by taxation or the
best way to dispose of the present sur
plus in the treasury for the general
good of the country. Mr.. Cleveland and
his friends are not only on the ground
early, but are in the crib, and have the
field all over very carefully, and weigh
every condition and chose for their side
tariff REFORM" Cheaper all commod-
tiles in the way of necessaries, use up
the surplus and let the people keep
their own money. 1t is fair to
presume before making their choice
public, they canvassed the field and
weighed the most popular side before
the die was cast. That they have
struck popular chord and the right
chord, there can be no doubt. After
Mr.. Cleveland has chosen his
side. Mr.. Blaine comes laundering
along with the second choice of
pups under his arm, which Is
Democratic pup also, raised in the
kennel of the late Samuel j. Tilden.
Mr.. Blaine tells the people to keep on
working and paying taxes and not to
make an effort to throw off their bur
dens, but to take the surplus and go to
building coast defenSeS and put it in the
hands of navy contractors. There is no
hands of navy contractor would
soon disappear, no matter how
large it might be. The crying demand
for a large navy is too remote at the
present time for consideration. Mr..
Cleveland has selected an issue and
given campaign cry, on which if Da-
kOta should vote to-day it would go
Overwhelmingly Democratic. There is
no argument you can produce in
favor of "a. simple party name.
that will stand up against self-interest.
Mr.. Blaine'S speeches on the bloody
shirt is not a sufficient inducement for
the Western farmer to pay three prices
for his manufactured goods. The de-
struction of the country will have to be
threatened to make him do that. The
time was never ripe and the opportunity
has never presented itself for
tariff reform as at present.
There is a surplus in the
frlan e
ripe for the discussion, and it has been
put forth In Mr.. Cleveland's message so
a fool can understand it. The war cry
is a good one, and the country is ready
for it as it never was before. 1t is not
Democrats who are opposing either the
admission or division of Dakota.
Eastern high tariff Republicans
can see in every Western state deadly
foe. They can see Democracy march
ing west. They can see the Star of
Empire" year by year, taking its west
ward course and it is only question of
a few years when the Western and Mid
die states wiz hold full pOwer-and all
the laws of business and general
prosperity demand that they
should be Democratic. If there
is any Western Republican dream
ing that Dakota will ever be
divided, let his dream vanish. New
York and Pennsylvania with all their
great cities and immense wealth and
population will never consent that Da-
kota has as many United States sena-
tors as both these great states. The
cities of New York and Brooklyn alone
have more people to-day than Dakota
will have for years to come. There
is more business handled in these
cities in one day than Dakota
handles in year. Let the Republican
divisionist, or any other man, calmly
think for moment and see if the state
of Pennsylvania would vote to divide
Dakota and put four United States SEN
atOrS from Western agricultural
country up against two from high tariff
Pennsylvania. The Western farmer
would vote with Mr.. Cleveland on tariff
reform at the first election and send
down four low tariff Democrats.
The Democratic party is ready for the
admission of Dakota. 1t will have to go
in as a whole, because Republicans
would vote down division if Democrats
did not. When a Self-binder can be
turned out complete for S35 the Western
farmer doesn't feel like paying S175 for it,
Just for the sake of being Republican,
and Oh the same principle, he doesn't feel
like paying S25 for coat he ought to
get for $40. The admission of Dakota
as state, tariff reform and Demo
cratic president in 1888, is the popular
idea. The Aberdeen convention was a
grand success. The only strife or con-
test which arose in it, was on the one
point alone, and that was, who should
have the honor, or who be entrusted
with the high mission of going
to Washington and laying the memorial
before congress. This fact alone is evil
dence enough to show how people re-
gard it. If every man had not had full
faith in the work he would not have felt
so jealous about the honor of the other
fellow carrying it on to Washington.
Democrats are ready to do their duty
and admit Dakota as state.
BUDD REEVE.